About the day » Monday April 3, 1944Calender converter

• Marijcke Huberta Roomer, Soerabaja (Ind) († 2013)
• Edward William Terpstra, Mahaska, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Donald D Cook, Lincoln County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1953)
• Albertus Martinus Antonius Pennings, Berlicum († 2022)
• Anna Maria Goffin, Bingelrade, Limburg, Nederland († 2011)
• Carolina Bruns, Musselkanaal († 1944)
• Gerardus Antonius Johannes Mensink, Zwollerkerspel († 2001)
• van Haaren, Waalwijk
• Nicolaas Lambertus Calis, Laren († 2002)
• Meindert Wieger Toering († 2007)

• Annigje Nijwening (24), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andrew Alexander Gray (85), Malang, Java, Indonesia
• Anthonius Johannes Cornelis SCHRAAG (68), Schiedam, ZH. NL
• Antoni Flemink (80), Lochem
• * Hendrika Elisabeth Adriana van der Hor (55), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Jonkman (70), Zwolle
• Anna Bertha Belinfante (75), Theresienstadt (Terezin), Czech Republic
• Abraham Suiker (0), Rotterdam (25dgn)
• Albertha Willemina Rijkholt (60), Hilversum
• * Johanna Adriana den Hartog (60), Vianen

• 1942 » Marsha Mason, American actress
• 1943 » Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
• 1943 » Jonathan Lynn, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Mario Lavista, Mexican composer
• 1943 » Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist († 1986)
• 1944 » Peter Colman, Australian biologist and academic
• 1944 » Tony Orlando, American singer
• 1945 » Bernie Parent, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1945 » Catherine Spaak, French actress
• 1945 » Doon Arbus, American author and journalist

• 1936 » Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (b. 1899)
• 1941 » Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)
• 1957 » Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor (b. 1883)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Robert
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Adrianus
15. Antonius
16. Peter

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Margaretha
13. Helena
14. Geertruida
15. Grietje
16. Aaltje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
• January 31 » World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
• February 7 » World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
• March 9 » World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
• June 4 » World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
• June 25 » World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
• August 12 » Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.

The temperature on April 3, 1944 was between 5.1 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.